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Jian Ghomeshi: Bowie obsessive

Before he was an award-winning CBC-Radio interviewer...

Toronto Tourist Traps

_Places

Graphic Content: Toronto’s tourist traps

A relative look at Toronto’s most tourist-frequented...

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_Sports

Fact Sheet: Bloodied but unbowed

In 2010, when the province granted approval for Ultimate...

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_Politics

Sweating the small stuff: bad karma edition

For the past week, the city’s politics have, yet...

Chicago

_Places

Steal This Idea: Try a little transparency

Chicago may be the hometown of Al Capone, John Dillinger...

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_Local News

Pasta keeps the peace

After two earthquakes struck Italy’s Emilia-Romagna...

Yunel Escobar

_Opinion

We the Tweeple: Strike out

Jays shortstop Yunel Escobar was suspended for three...

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_Local News

The Underground goes under

“This is the end of this chapter,” Charlie Lawton...

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_Local News

Block watch in effect

“Take back the block” became more than a slogan...

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_Local News

From North Korea with love

Photographer Thomas Lee is used to special demands...

luxy

_Society

Clubland north

On a Friday night near the end of summer, I rented...

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_Real Estate

The Grid Guide to buying a condo

Are you sick of shovelling snow? Had it with ravenous...

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_Real Estate

Buyer beware

There are endless condo-buyer horror stories, like...

1

_Real Estate

But I don’t want to live in a condo

David’s definition: “The term ‘condo alternative...

Sick pads

_Real Estate

Sick pads

We take a look at six stylin’ condos currently on...

Interior-design déjà vu

_Real Estate

Interior-design déjà vu

It’s not just the exteriors of Toronto’s high-...

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_Real Estate

Mind-numbing condo-buying terms, explained

Amortization period: This is the number of years you...

Kids in the Hall

_Advice

Let’s talk about sex, baby…

I work in an office of mostly young co-workers. Almost...

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_Food and Drink

Something smells rather good in Denmark

Consider the danish. It’s a term we ascribe to pretty...

lanvin

_Fashion

This week in style: Sept. 20-26

■ Spectacle’s flagship location (752 Queen St....

wine

_Food and Drink

The Wine Ponce: Wines for Chinese takeout

An annual release from Vintages, this entry-level...

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_Food and Drink

A beer made for Grid readers

“Sumac is actually a drupe,” said Laura Reinsborough...

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_Food and Drink

Sweet smackdown

Toronto’s affair with these little cakes began in...

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_Real Estate

In the market for… A home in a walkable ’hood

The draw: Access to parks, the lake, Humber College...

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_Parenting

How to pack a school lunch for a picky eater

Lulu Cohen-Farnell, co-founder and president of Real...

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_Music

Reunited, and it feels so…good?

It’s easy to be cynical about reunion tours, given...

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_Arts

Spring awakening

Collective of Black Artists (COBA), a music and education...

new pornographers

_Music

What We’re Listening To: (Ghosts of Polarises past edition)

The New Pornographers’ irresistibly catchy “Sing...

killers

_Music

The Killers: Battle Born

Over the course of The Killers’ career, their best...

CARLY RAE JEPSEN

_Music

Carly Rae Jepsen: Kiss

“Call Me Maybe,” that irresistible über-earworm...

good

_Music

Kanye West presents G.O.O.D. Music: Cruel Summer

Kanye West isn’t one to sit still for long, and...

jenn grant

_Music

Jenn Grant: The Beautiful Wild

On her debut album, Orchestra for the Moon, Halifax...

tysegall

_Music

Ty Segall: Twins

Most people mark the changing of seasons by updating...

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_Arts

What do you say, Patton Oswalt?

Patton Oswalt is lucky. Lucky that he’s been successful...

snl

_Television

Political science

Four years ago, the good folks over at Saturday Night...

wish

_Film

Wish Me Away

Directed by Bobbie Birleffi, Beverly Kopf. STC. 96...

roller

_Film

Roller Town

Starring Mark Little, Kayla Lorette. Written by Andrew...

Legend-of-a-warrior

_Film

Legend of a Warrior

Directed by Corey Lee. PG. 78 min. Opens Sept. 21...

garth

_Film

Show Stopper: The Theatrical Life of Garth Drabinsky

Written and directed by Barry Avrich. PG. 96 min....

head games

_Film

Head Games

Directed by Steve James. STC. 95 min. Opens Sept....

The Master

_Film

The Master

Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman....

Rebelle

_Film

Rebelle

Starring Rachel Mwanza. Written and directed by Kim...

Laurence Anyways

_Film

Laurence Anyways

Starring Melvil Poupaud, Suzanne Clément. Written...

End of Watch

_Film

End of Watch

Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña. Written and...

Tabu

_Film

Tabu

Starring Teresa Madruga, Laura Soveral. Written by...

the master

_Film

Forget the Hemingway jawlines

Pudgy, pasty, and freckled, Philip Seymour Hoffman...

Dredd 3D

_Film

Dredd 3D

Starring Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby. Written by Alex...

Queen West Project

_Theatre

Queen West Project

Starring Bill Coleman, Andrew Hartley, Jolyane Langlois...